W.E.B Du Bois Occupation: Teacher/ Professor Position: People of color shouldn't be forced into oppression. He believed in uplifting all people of color, which included Filipinos along with African Americans.This was clearly expressed in The Souls of Black Folks. Reasons: Believed that colored people should not be posed as inferior to whites.
Believed that teaching about the uplifting of blacks was his "calling" compared to Booker T. Washington stating it as his "duty".
He co-founded the NAACP, which made him have a stronger advocacy towards colored rights.
He was the first black to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and believed that black people should be educated to display their full capabilities to whites.
Occupation: Teacher/ Professor
Position: People of color shouldn't be forced into oppression. He believed in uplifting all people of color, which included Filipinos along with African Americans.This was clearly expressed in The Souls of Black Folks.
Reasons: Believed that colored people should not be posed as inferior to whites.
Believed that teaching about the uplifting of blacks was his "calling" compared to Booker T. Washington stating it as his "duty".
He co-founded the NAACP, which made him have a stronger advocacy towards colored rights.
He was the first black to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and believed that black people should be educated to display their full capabilities to whites.
Sources:
Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folks. University of Virginia XRoads. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/dubois/ch03.html>.
"The Life of WEB DuBois." American Studies @ The University of Virginia. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG03/souls/DuBoisLife.html>.
Wormser, Richard. "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . People . W.E.B. Du Bois | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html>.